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“Star Trails Above Table Mountain” by Eric Nathan. The image juxtaposes a moonlit Table Mountain and the star trails above it with the artificial lights of Cape Town, South Africa, a stack of over nine hundred 30-second exposures, captured in June 2014. The first winner in Against the Lights category, the International Earth & Sky Photo Contest.

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“Above the Light Pollution” by Evgeny Trisko. The Milky Way emerges from the clouds over lights in the valley. In the center is the Peak Terskol Observatory near Mt. Elbrus, northern Caucasus Mountains, Russia, photographed in Aug 2014. The 2nd winner in Against the Lights category, the 2015 International Earth & Sky Photo Contest.

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“A Raising of the Hackles” by Ben Coffman. In a crystal clear winter morning the Milky Way and the crescent Moon rise above the Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, USA, Feb 2015. The 3rd winner in Beauty of Night Sky category, the 2015 International Earth & Sky Photo Contest.

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“Blood Moon Rises Over Chongqing” by Zhou Yannan. As the moon rose and the sun set on 2014 Oct 8 a lunar eclipse was in progress seen from Chongqing, China. In this photo-sequence, the rising eclipsed Moon began as a dark reddened disk and graudally comes out of the shadow while rising above the Yangtze River. The 3rd winner in Against the Lights category, the 2015 International Earth & Sky Photo Contest.

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“Star Trails over Bromo” by Hui Chieh Teoh of Malaysia. Time-exposure image of star trails around the south celestial pole, above volcanoes in the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park of East Java, Indonesia. Lit by the rising Moon, Mt Bromo is the steaming crater in the center, June 2014. The 4th winner in Against the Lights category, the 2015 International Earth & Sky Photo Contest.